Synd feems to have made but a ftiort flay afhore. In-
ftead of endeavouring to furvey its coafts, or of fleering
more to the Eaft, he almoft inftantly fhaped his courfe
due Weft towards the courfe of the Tfchutski, then
turned dire&ly South and South Weft, until he came
oppofite to Chatyrskoi Nofs. From that point he continued
to coaft the peninfula of Kamtchatka, doubled the
xape, and reached Ochotsk in 1,768.
N° X.
Specimen of the Aleutian language.
Sun Agaiya One
Moon Tughilag Two
Wind Katlhik Three
Water Tana Four
Fire Kighenag Five
Earth hut Oollae Six
C h ie f Toigon Seven
Man Taiyaga Eight1
Wood Yâga Nine
Shield Kiiyak Ten,
Sea otter Tfcholota
Name of the Kanagift.
nation.
T agatak
Alag
Kankoos
Setfchi '
Tshaw
Atoo
Ooloo
Kapoé:
Shifet
Afok.
It is very remarkable, that none of thefe words hear
the leaft refemblance to thofe of the fame fignification,
which are found in the different dialedts fpoken by the
Koriaks, Kamtchadals, and the inhabitants of the Kuril.
Ifles.